Lithuanian Geneaology

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LITHUANIAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY

presented by

FRANK ZIAUKAS130 South 22nd Street, 1-DPittsburgh, PA 15203

(412) 381-5502

on

February 8, 1997

for the

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

REVISIONS MADE FOR PRESENTATION OF LITHUANIAN AMERICAN GENEALOGYAND FAMILY HISTORY AT THE LITHUANIAN CITIZENS' SOCIETY, 1721 JANESTREET, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA ON OCTOBER 21, 2000.

Other Revisions and Updates - October 28, 2002

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................. 1

Lithuanian History - Chronology..................................................................................................................... 2

Map - Border Changes in Historic Lithuania ................................................................................................. 3

Map - Lithuania Under the Russian Empire, to 1917 .................................................................................... 4

II. LOOKING AROUND HERE ......................................................................................................................... 5

Vital Records Marriage Return, 1887 .......................................................................................................... 7

Marriage Application, 1887 .............................................................................................................................. 8

Census Records Schedule, 1900..................................................................................................................... 9

Immigration Records Index Entries ........................................................................................................... 10

Passanger List S.S. Ryndam. 1913 .............................................................................................................. 12

III. LOOKING ABROAD .................................................................................................................................. 13

Lithuanian Alphabet ....................................................................................................................................... 14

How to Find Relatives in Lithuania ............................................................................................................... 15

Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames with Index to Regional Centers ........................................................ 18

Record (1854) and Translation Provided by the Lithuanian State Archives ............................................. 19

Web Sites of Interest ........................................................................................................................................... 20

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I. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND

A. Genealogy and Family History1. Courses - Spring Series of Genealogy Classes, VTPGS2. Books - Bentley, E. Genealogist's address book CLP PA rq CS44 G55

Croom, E. Unpuzzling your past CLP PA rq CS47 C76

Eakle, A. The source: a guidebook... CLP PA rq CS49 S65 19843. Video Casettes - Ancestors, Brigham Young University (WXED/WQEX)Ancestors, the video series from 1997, originally aired ten 30 minute programs on WQED, WQEX. Anew seriesof Ancestors, 13 programs, is currently being shown on the same stations. A companion web site is particularlyuseful, and can be accessed by going to www.kbyu.org/ancestors.

B. Brief sketch of Lithuanian history with emphasis on changing borders1. Lithuanian History - Chronology (see page 2)2. Maps - Historical Lithuanian Border Changes (see page 3)

- Lithuania under the Russian Empire, 1917 (see page 4)- Lietuvos Topografiniai Zemelapiai (Topographic Maps of Lithuania), an atlas containing 128

maps of Lithuania on a scale of 1:100,000, is available in the Map Cupboard, PennsylvaniaRoom, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. rq G2135 V93 1998x

3. Sources - Researching Lithuanian Ancestral Towns(available from Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture (see page 5)

- Grimsted, P. Archives and manuscript repositories in the USSR- PITT HILL CD 1735 B34 G74

C. Immigration patterns - particularly to the United States1. Articles on Emigration, Great Britain (countries), Pittsburgh (cities)

IN ENCYCLOPEDIA LITUANICA, 6 volumes,CLP Social Sciences r DK511 L2 E5

2. Articles in GENEALOGIA Spring '93 through Spring '94 CLP PA WPGS Collection(GENEALOGIA is now published twice a year by the Balzekas Museum)

Genealogia is no longer being published. The Lithuanian American Genealogy Society home page was lastupdated on March 25, 1997. The Lithuanian Museum Review of the Balzekas Museum does include articles fromtheir Department of Genealogy.3. Other sources - Budreckis, A. Lithuanians in America: A Chronology

CLP Social Sciences REF r E814 L7 L58- Thomas, C. They came to Pittsburgh

CLP PA rq F159 P69 A28 1983xD. Some General Problems

1. Chronicles2. Genealogy3. Time - different calendars; names of the months4. Personal Names5. Place names

6. Sources - articles on above topics in ENCYCLOPEDIA LITUANICA CLP REF- LITHUANIAN HERITAGE (published bi-monthly by the Heritage

Guild - see page 5) features an article of genealogicalinterest, such as time, personal names, and place names,in each issue.

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Lithuanian History - Chronology

2200 BC Corded battle axe culture (for further information see Gimbutas, Marija(The Balts

1600-1200 BC Bronze Age, Amber routes identified (Knoxville Branch CLP(913.474 G42

800 BC-800 AD Iron age, archaelogical finds

450 BC Herodotus' references to the NEURI

78 AD Ptolemy refers to SOUDINOI and GALINDAI in his Geography

98 AD Tacitus describes AESTII in his Germania

1000-1200 AD Contraction under pressure from Slavs; major tribes were Prussians, Lithuanians,Curonians, Semigallians, Selonians, Letts

1236-1263 Considered beginning of Lithuanian state; tribes united to resist pressure from Slavs,Mongols in the east and Teutonic Knights in west; Mindaugas accepted baptism in 1251

(later rejected), and was crowned King in 1253

1316-1340 Gediminas consolidated administration, encouraged immigration of artisans and craftsmen;successfully resisted Tartars to expandLithuanian empire beyond Kiev; succeeded by sons -Kestutis, who led resistance against Teutonic Knights, and Algirdas, who extendedLithuanian rule to the steppes of southern Russia

1385 Act of Kreva - agreement to join Poland and Lithuania in a personal union; Jogaila/JagielloGrand Duke of Lithuania accepted Christianity,wed Queen Jadwiga of Poland, and becameKing of Poland

1392-1430 Vytautas recognized as Grand Duke of Lithuania; expanded borders to the Black Sea; ledcombined forces of Poland and Lithuania todefeat Teutonic Knights at

Tannenberg/Grunwald in 1410

1569 Act of Lublin - Sigismund Augustus, last of the Gediminan/Jagiellonian dynasty, issued adecree annexing Podlachia, Volynia, Podolia, Bratslav and Kiev; created a federal uniongoverned by an elective monarchy; a single king ruled over both states, but Lithuaniaretained its own government, ministers, parliament, treasury, and army

1772,1792,1795 Russia, Prussia, and Austria partitioned Poland and Lithuania

1795-1917 Lithuania was a part of the Russian empire

1918 Lithuania declared its independence on February 16, 1918

1920-1939 Vilnius and Southeastern Lithuania occupied by Poland

1940 Lithuania forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union

1941-1944 Occupied by Nazi Germany

1945-1990 Reoccupied by Soviet Russia

1990-1991 Declared restoration of independence on March 11, 1990; attack on TV tower in Vilniusand collapse of Gorbachev hastened international recognition of the Republic ofLithuania

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Map - Border Changes in Historic Lithuania

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Map - Lithuania Under the Russian Empire, to 1917

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II. LOOKING AROUND HERE

A. Start at home1. Write down all you know about your parents, grandparents, etc.2. Collect letters, documents, pictures, albums, scrapbooks, etc.3. Talk, write to relatives; document - in writing or on tape

B. Contact old friends and neighbors, club members, such as, Lithuanian Citizens Society, Knights of Lithuania,Lithuanian Nationality Room Committee

C. Church and Cemetery Records1. Kennedy, P. Official Catholic Directory CLP Humanities r 282 C28 1922...19962. Humling, V. U.S. Catholic Sources CLP WPGS 026 28273 H3. WPGS Holy Pittsburgh Records CLP PA rq 21328 P57 H64 19904. WPGS Cemeteries in Allegheny County CLP PA WPGS Desk - Gray Binder5. Dioces of Pittsburgh, Archive Center, Craig Street; library has some parish albums, books such as

Lithuanian Religious Life in America6. CLP PA Room has books with cemetery inscriptions; PITT/Hillman has records such as sacramental

records of Ascension Church on the North Side from 1906-1962 - restricted access7. Wolkovich-Valkavicius, William, Lithuanian Religious Life in America, v. 1 Northeast, v.2

Pennsylvania Pitt Hillman BX1407 L5 W658. Lithuanian American Parishes established 1871-1918, GENEALOGIA v.1 no.2 (1990)

D. Societies and Libraries1. Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Lithuanian American Genealogical Society

6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629 (312) 582-65002. Heritage Guild (books, maps, casettes, videos, etc.); BALTECH Publishing (publishes

LITHUANIAN HERITAGE, bi-monthly magazine, one year, 6 issues, $29.95, two years, $55)P.O. Box 225, Lemont, IL 60439-0225

3. Lithuanian Genealogical Committee, newsletter - irregular, P.O. Box 10433, Pittsburgh, PA 15234

4. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (412) 622-31544400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

5. Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Regional History Center1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4200 (412) 454-6000

6. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Room, WPGS collection,CLP branches and other local libraries are also good sources

7. University of Pittsburgh, Hillman Library, many works on Lithuania, such as,-Vanagas, A.Lietuviu pavardziu zodynas (surname dictionary), see page 12-Kantautas, A. Lithuanian Bibliography PITT HILL REF qZ2537 K33 with supp.1-Defense Mapping Agency Gazeteer of Lithuania PITT HILL Microform D5 319 L71

8. Family History Library, Church of Latter Day Saints

46 School Street, Greentree, PA (412) 921-2115Microfiche and computer access to International Genealogical Index, Family History LibraryCatalog, Social Security Information, etc.,Computer access to the Family History Library is by www.familysearch.org.

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E. Other resources

1. Internet - topics such as, Cross-index of Baltic Countries, Federation of East European Family HistorySocieties, etc.

The Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society is currently maintaining one of the better sites. Accessthrough www.lithuaniangenealogy.org. Annual dues are $15 and includes a subscription to Proteviai(Forefathers), which has been issued twice a year since 1999.

A sister site, Lithuanian Global Resources, covers a broad range of topics pertaining to Lithuania,including Lithuanian Links, Lithuanian Surnames, and Learn Lithuanian - an on-line course. MoreLithuanian links can be found on Global Lithuanian Net.

In addition to the Ancestors and Family Search sites cited previously, another fruitful source for generalgenealogy is the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Access their site at www.clpgh.org, then click onCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main Departments, Pennsylvania, and Genealogy. Underlined topicswill link you up with that subject.

2. GENEALOGIA v.7 no.1 (1996) pages 10-11 lists U.S. communities where Lithuanian immigrantssettled, and counties in U.S. with more than 1,000 persons claiming Lithuanian ancestry

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Vital Records Marriage Return, 1887

Courthouse in each county is the primary source of information. Carnegie Library and Universityof Pittsburgh have some records on microfilm.

1. Recorder of Deeds, County Office Building, Forbes and Ross

2. Prothonotary, City-County Building/Clerk of Courts, Old Courthouse

3. Register of Wills, City-County Building, Grant Street, Pittsburgh

- The Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records has records of births and deaths beginning in1906. The Vital Records Office on the Fifth Floor of the State Office Building in Pittsburghhas records for the city of Pittsburgh - births from 1921, and deaths from 1970. They alsohave forms available to request multiyear searches for ten year spans, which can be usefulwhen only an approximate date of birth or death is known. The fee is $28 for the first ten yearspan, and $25 for additional spans up to 10 years. You must be a legal representative or animmediate family member to receive this information.

512 State Office Building, 300 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh,OR PA Department of Health, Division of Vital RecordsP.O. Box 1528, New Castle, PA 16103

-Wills, estate records

-Marriage License Bureau

Marriage return: certification that marriage was actually performed by a minister or acivil official.

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Marriage Application, 1887

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Immigration Records Index Entries

1. Naturalization information

-Before 1906, naturalization papers were granted by the local courts.A LIST ,OF IMMIGRANTS WHO APPLIED FOR NATURALIZATIONPAPERS IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,1798-1906 is available in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

CLP PA r F157 A4 W43x, volumes 1-7

ZIPF, Wilhelm (1892) Res: 11th Wd., Alleg. City; Bn: Germ.;

DI: 11 Mar 1890; Nat: 3 Sept 1892; Sp: Henry BIERWIRTH

ZITA, Michael (x) (1902) Bn: Italy; Nat: 18 Jan 1902 (on age); Sp: Luigi ORHUO, 7th Wd., Pgh.

ZMOJDZIIDWICZ/ZMIYDZINOWICZT, Michael Joseph (1902) Res: McKeesport, Pa. (8th Wd.); Bn: 23 Mar 1870Lithuania (Rua.); Emi fr: Bamberg 1892; Arr: N.Y. 11 Mar 1892; Age: 22 yrs.; Occ: Workman in Brass; DI: 1 Oct 1900;Age: 29 yrs. (1900); Nat: 2 Oct 1902; Sp: Roman S. ABCZYNSRI; Dup Iss: 28 Oct 1909; (filed 1909); Res: 6726 FleetAve., S.E., Cuyahoga Co., Oh.

ZOFFEL, Paul 0. (1905) Res: 21 Ruth St., Pgh.; Bn: Germ.; Nat: 7 Jan 1905 (on age); Sp: W. B. McFALL

ZOHRADNIK, Andreas (x) (1906) Res: Duquesne, Pa.; Bn: Hun.; Arr: N.Y.; DI: 29 Jan 1894; Nat: 25 Sept 1906; Sp: PaulSUHAR, Duquesne, Pa.; Dup:Iss: 10 May 1917 to son, Joseph J. ZAHRADNIK, 414 S. First St., Duquesne, Pa.

ZORN, David (1893) Res: 24th Wd., Pgh.; Bn: Germ.; Bev.; DI: 14 Mar 1891; Nat: 20 May 1893; Sp: Joseph DIETERLE,

JR.

-From 1906-1991:Clerk's Office, Room 311, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 7th Avenue and Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA.,has a card file of names for persons naturalized in the U.S. District Court at Pittsburgh.

This information can be used to complete a Federal Court Naturalization Request to secure copies of availablerecords from the National Archives, such as Certificate of Arrival, Declaration of Intent, and Petition forNaturalization.

The actual Certificate is given to the applicant on the date the order is approved.

If successful in identifying the date certificate was issued and the court authorizing naturalization, the attachedform can be completed to secure additional information. I would also include the Petition number, if available.

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Passanger List S.S. Ryndam. 1913Passenger Lists, also known as ships lists or manifests, may be obtained from the NationalArchives using NATF Form 81 and the required information derived from the naturalizationpapers.SEE: Anuta, M. Ships of our ancestors CLP PA r VM381 A58 1983

Filby, W. Passenger and immigration lists. Bibliography. 1538-1900 CLP PA rq Z5313 U5 P38 1981

Morton, A. Directory of European steamship arrivals CLP PA r HE945 A2 D5 1979 or qr 387 M92Tepper, M. American passenger arrival records. A guide... CLP PA r CS49 T46 1988

A valuable addition to the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society collection at the Carnegie Library ofPittsburgh is Migration from the Russian Empire, edited by Ira A. Glazier, 929.37471 M. This work containsdata on passengers who emigrated to the United States from Russian territories between 1875 and 1910. Todate, the library has volume 1 (Jan 1875-Sep 1882) and volume 2 (Oct 1882-Apr 1886). The information wasextracted from original ship manifests held by the Temple-Balch Center for Immigration Research inPhiladelphia.

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III. LOOKING ABROAD

A. General information about Eastern Europe1. Clifford, K. Genealogy and computers for the advanced researcher, CLP PA rq CS71 C54 19952. Kemp, T. J. International vital record handbook, PITT HILL REF CS427 K46 '943. Allen, S. Overcoming obstacles to Eastern European research, CLP PA r CS408 E852 A4 19904. Suess, J. Central European genealogical terms, CLP PA rq CS6 S9

5. Shea, J. Following the paper trail, a multilingual translation guide, CLP PA rq PB268 S46 1996. The Lithuanian Alphabet (see page 12)

B. Lithuania - update on information from Lithuania - GENEALOGIA v.5 no.2 (1994)1. Lithuanian State Historical Archives, Gerosies Vilties 10

2015 Vilnius, Lithuania phone (=370 2) 237484 fax (=370 2) 23761$70 for search, $18 for copy of one record with translation (generally require individual's name,approximate year of birth,parents' names, individual's place of residence, religion) (see page 16)

2. Lithuanian newspapers and address bureaussee How to find relatives in Lithuania, pages 13 - 15

3. Lithuanian parishes - Balzekas Museum has a current list of Catholic Churches in Lithuania withtheir addresses. They also have a form letter for inquiries to Lithuanian parishes.

Jonathan D. Shea's Address List of Roman Catholic Churches in Lithuania: _A guide for thefamily history researcher, rq BX 1569.2 A3 1995, is a vialable in the Pennsylvania Room at theCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh. It includes valuable notes on the location of parish records,ecclesiastical and political divisions, historical geography, linguistic observations, anddocuments of genealogical value.

4. Lithuanian nobility - see GENEALOGIA, v.7 no.2, 1996; see also Giedroyc, R. Chronicle of theHouse of Giedrus CEP PA rq C571 69535 1980x

5. Research in Lithuania - information on location of pertinent records Grimsted, P. Lithuanianmetrica in Moscow and Warsaw PITT HILL CD1735L54G75See LITUANUS v.10 no.3-4 '64 p.101-102 for a review of Inventories of Lithuania of the XVIICentury

C. Poland1. Hoskins, J. Polish Genealogy and Heraldry PITT HILL REF CS872 H67 19902. Ortell, G. Polish parish records of the Roman Catholic Church PITT HILL REF CS873 077 19793. Polish Genealogical Society of the Northeast, Pittsburgh Chapter

706 Jessica Circle, Oakdale, PA 15071 (include SASE)D. Jewish Communities (see GENEALOGIA v.6 no.2 '95 and v.7 no.1 '96)

1. Internet - access by topic "ethnic and religious centers"2. Schoenburg, N. Lithuanian Jewish Communities PITT HILL DS135 R93L S56

E. Germany/Prussia (see GENEALOGIA v.6 no.2 '95) for research assistance contact:1. German Research Specialists, P.O. Box 10155, Minneapolis, Minnesota 554582. Dr. Stasys Vaitekunas, Rector, Klaipedos Universitetas

Danes 17, 01261 Klaipeda, LithuaniaF. Former USSR - Belarus and Russia

1. FAST Genealogical Service, 8510 Wild Olive Drive, Potomac, MD 208542. RAGAS - Russian-American Genealogical Archival Service

Research: 1929 18th Street, NWWashington, D.C. 20009

Newsletter: P.O. Box 236Glen Echo, MD 20812

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Lithuanian Alphabet

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How to Find Relatives in Lithuania

How to find relatives in Lithuania?Web Page: http://www.lfcc.lt/howfind.html

DEAR PEOPLE,Unfortunately there were no institutions in Lithuania which is specially engaged in finding relatives for our nationals , but you couldtry some ways to find relatives yourself. Here are some possibilities I think helpful.Some of these ways require expense. However I can't guarantee any results.

If you would achieve some results or know other resources to add, please give me a message - your experience would help for otherpeople in the same matter. I will include it in this guide "How to find relatives in Lithuania?".Neither I nor Lithuanian Folk Culture Centre do not perform any search for relatives, so do not ask additionally, please. All

information available for us is provided in this help !Paulius JURKUS, Lithuanian Folk Culture Centre

1. Ask for help yourrelatives or friends (if any) in Lithuania.2. Contact Lithuanian archives for information.

Lithuanian National Historical Archive:Lietuvos valstybinis istorijos archyvasGerosios Vilties g. 102015 Vilnius, Lithuania

ph. (+3705) 2137482

Registry department of Lithuanian National Historical Archive:Lietuvos valstybinis istorijos archyvas, Metriku skyriusK.Kalinausko g. 21, 2000 Vilnius, LITHUANIAph. (+3705) 2637846

3. Write a letter of inquiry to:Bureau of AddressesAdresu BiurasVivulskio g. 4a, 2009 Vilnius, LITHUANIAph. (+3705) 2652632

4. Contact institution of local administration (municipality) of specific district in Lithuania (direct your questions toarchive department). Lookhere for the listing or search information companies (below) directories for other ones.

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Contact some local Lithuanian attorney agency (lawyers) to deal with your request. Lookhere for the listing or searchinformation companies (below) directories for other ones.6. Free legal consultations service by e-mail at Legal Information Center.7. Contact your country Lithuanian Community organizations (see the list ofLithuanian Organizations Worldwide).8. Contact Information Center for Homecoming Lithuanians.

ph. (3705) 2313623fax. (3705) 2313624email: [email protected]

9. CheckLithuanian Global resources Genealogy page. Non-profit, well organized, growing site, supported by volunteers.10. Contact

The Lithuanian American Genealogical Society (LAGS)

at the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture

6500 S.Pulaski Rd.

Chicago,IL 60629, USAph. 773 582 6500

fax. 773 582 5133mailto:[email protected]

Contact person: Mrs. Jessie Daraska(LAGS is a part of the Balzekas Museum and has a fair amount of information and directions in helping to locate relatives onboth sides of the Atlantic.)

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Note from Julie D. Balzekas:

''Based on our experience over some years with this, and in light of the relationship we've built with the Lithuanian HistoricalArchives, you may want to consider including the following tips:

The KEY to locating your Lithuanian ancestors is determining their ancestral town (we do a LOT of ancestral townresearch), which is complicated by the various occupations of Lithuania (names can be in other languages, townsthat were once in Lithuanian no longer are, towns with large Lithuanian populations may always have been part ofPoland or Germany). People often confuse regions with towns or cities - Kaunas or Klaipeda or Vilnius are regions

as well as cities, for instance. The other point is that the BEST place to start is in the U.S. The records that have the information individuals will

need to find their ancestors are HERE - and they will be less expensive to find and copy, and information will begathered much more quickly. Intent to naturalize papers, census records, birth, marriage and death certificates are allHERE in the US.

The final point is that despite the eagerness of many researchers to "go straight to the source" - which in thisinstance means going to Lithuania - it has been proven time and again that you will get the most out of theLithuanian Historical Archives if you have more information to give them. They are SWAMPED with genealogyrequests from Lithuanian Americans; (you don't need to say this, but we know our members tend to get quickerresponse, primarily b/c they have their information in better shape when they send requests). The archives has beenable to raise desperately needed money for their collections through responding to requests for genealogicalinformation, but it takes time and people need to anticipate that.''

11. CheckFederation of East European Family History Societies pages: LTRL (Lithuania Research List), search available.12. CheckLithuanian Genealogical Research page created by Cecelia Yeruski for the ILGenWeb Project.13. BalticSeaGenWeb-Lithuania homepage - part of the WorldGenWeb.14. CheckEdvardas Amstibovskis' page. He can check phone books of the biggest cities in Lithuania. Some fee required.15. Zemaitis home page - origin and history of the surname "Zemaitis" and other lithuanian surnames.16. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Lithuania.

Mailing address for postings is [email protected]. eduTo subscribe, send the following to [email protected] LITHUANIA

17. Anothermailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Lithuania. Mailing address for postings [email protected]. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of amessage to lithuania-l-request@rootsweb. com (mail mode) orlithuania-d-request@rootsweb. com (digest mode).

18. BALT-L - online forum devoted to communications to and about the Baltic Republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.Subscription to this list is welcomed from anyone with skills or interests relevant to the Baltics, or who just wants to knowwhat's going on. Short requests to help locate families or villages are carried in general-interest digest messages.BALT-L archive also available.Mailing address for postings [email protected] subscribe, send the following to [email protected]: SUBSCRIBE BALT-L firstname lastname

19. Post a email message to the newsgroup maintained at www.konferencijos.lt.Accepted languages: lithuanian, english. Answers depend from goodwill of people who read these messages.

20. Post a email message to the newsgroup omnitel.genealogija: news://news.omnitel.net/omnitel.genealogija21. Put a message to most readable newspapers:

"Lietuvos Rytas"Gedimino pr. 12a, 2001 Vilnius, LITHUANIAph. (+3705) 2743600fax. (+3705) 2743700email: [email protected]

http://www.lrytas.lt

"Lietuvos Aidas"Maironio g. 1, 2710 Vilnius, LITHUANIAph. (+3705) 2615208fax. (+3705) 2124876email: [email protected]://www.aidas.lt

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"Valstieciu Laikrastis" (most popular in country between farmers)Laisves pr. 60, 2056 Vilnius, LITHUANIAph. (+3705) 2421281

"Kauno Diena" (Kaunas city newspaper)Vytauto pr. 27 3687 Kaunas, Lithuaniaph. +3703 7302250fax. +3703 7423404email: [email protected]

http://www.kaunodiena.lt "Klaipda" (Klaipeda city newspaper)

Siauliu 21 5800 Klaipeda, LithuaniaAdvertising dept.:ph. +3704 6397701fax/ph. +3704 6397700email: [email protected]

Lookhere for other newspapers or search information companies (below) directories for other newspapers.22. Look at information and telephone directories service companies web sites, call free information service if you need

other information (services, addresses, phones, activities, etc):

Minta Info, ph. +3705 2788604, email: [email protected] LINTEL TELEMEDIA The Lithuanian Business Directories by Langen Langen. Kompass Lietuva Lithuanian Business Guide Televerslas, ph. +3705 2740250, fax. +3705 2740252, email: [email protected]

23. Ceremetery care in Lithuania .24. www.genhomepage.com - Genealogy resources on Internet.25. LOL Lithuania-On-Line - good collection of lithuanian WWW resources.

Lithuanian Folk Culture Centre

Made byPaulius JURKUS. Last updated 2002-09-18

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Diocese of Pittsburghhttp://www.diopitt.org/archives/archiv1.htm

Allegheny Countyhttp://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/regwills/gindex.asp

Pittsburgh Regional History Center

http://digital.library.pitt.edu/hswp/search.htmlhttp://www.pghhistory.org/Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Societyhttp://www.wpgs.org/wpgs.html

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department: Genealogyhttp://www.clpgh.org/locations/pennsylvania/genealogy/
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